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BMoor's Magic The
Gathering
Deck Garage
Mike
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wrote:
Michael, first let me say, that this deck is a joy to behold. Taking a card like Grozoth and bending a deck around it is one of those rare, beautiful joys in this game. You've obviously put a lot of thought into this, and you've come up with some great ideas. I chose to do an article about this deck not simply to fix it, but so everyone could see it.
And yet, fix it I shall. Aetherplasm is a nice way to sneak Grozoth out, but I have my doubts about Norritt. This is a two-card combo just to get out another combo piece, is it not? Okay, maybe I just haven't been playing Magic for long enough to think of Norritt instinctively, but I just can't help think of Elvish Piper first as a way of getting Grozoth out. Of course, if you use the Piper, then that leaves you with at most five mana on the table, and a load of 9-mana creatures in hand. What then? Well, you could simply Pipe the rest of the creatures out, but the trouble with that is the same trouble with Norritt-- it's a 1/1. It isn't hard to kill. So what then? Here's where I get creative and prove my worth: Elemental Resonance. Play the Resonance on Grozoth, and you get 6UUU every turn to spend as you will. That can hardcast the Blue Bringers and the Nullstone Gargoyles, but for everything else (especially the Green Myojin), you'll need some Green mana as well. That you'll just have to tap lands for, I suppose, and find another use for the leftover mana. May I suggest a piece of Equipment? Especially one with an Equip cost of 1, then you can just use the Equip ability as many times as necessary. Another good use would be Simic Guildmage's abilities. Really, Simic Guildmage is just a good card to use in a deck with Elemental Resonance, because then you can move the Resonance to any permanent you want with a mana cost you can use.
Also, it may help to give some more consideration to Blue Grozothable creatures, since you'll be able to use Resonated Grozoth mana to hardcast them.
Some other benefits of doing the deck this way is that you only need Green and Blue mana, making it a two-color deck. You could still put in Aetherplasm if you wished, but you'd have no way of forcing your opponent to attack into it. Of course, your opponent was probably planning to attack you anyway.
Some other cards also come to mind. Since you'll be using creatures that cost nine mana, many of then will have very high power and toughness. Therefore, a Fists of Ironwood, Flight of Fancy, or (even more painful) Loxodon Warhammer would come in handy. Even Peregrine Mask could be good-- give Grozoth flying and first strike (it already has defender and can shake it off.) And of corse, mana acceleration will help too.
~BMoor
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